[Prevalence of digestive system cancer patients covered by the Mexican Institute of Social Security of the State of Sinaloa, Mexico].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the frequency of malignant neoplasia of the digestive tract in patients seen at the IMSS concentration hospital in Culiacán, Sinaloa, México.


METHODS
From 32,097 histopathologic studies performed at No. 1 Regional General Hospital Pathology Department in Culiacán, Sinaloa, 406 were identified as digestive tract malignant neoplasia (DTMN); patient's age and gender were analyzed as well as involvement site and histological type. Benign and metastasic neoplasias were excluded.


RESULTS
DTMN prevalence: 1.26%; more affected: 60-69 years; male predominance (66%), p < 0.0001. As a whole, 47.2% of the studies reported stomach cancer; colorectal cancer: 17.5%; gall bladder and bile duct cancer; 8.4%; liver cancer: 8.1%; the remainder were located in other sites. DTMN rate by histologic type were similar to other concentration hospitals of the country.


CONCLUSIONS
DTMN has an outstanding magnitude in IMSS Sinaloa patients if other hospital registrations are considered. There are possible regional factors that may contribute to this behavior.
Reyes-Moctezuma
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Departamento de Gastroenterología, Hospital General Regional No. 1, IMSS, Culiacán, Sinaloa.
Valenzuela-Hernández
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Rubio-Cárdenas
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B
Avila-Vergara
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MA
Haro-García
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004067:Digestive System Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012943:Social Security
Prevalencia de cáncer del aparato digestivo en población derechohabiente del IMSS en el Estado de Sinaloa, México.